Part of that same DALPA DTW Roadshow thread included the fact the RA assured Lee Moak that he was not assuming Delta leadership to facilitate a merger, then 8 months later that was precisely what he did.

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Many analysts predicted an eventual Delta-Northwest tie-up after Anderson, a former Northwest CEO, was named last August to be the chief executive officer of Delta.

Anderson, who was Northwest's CEO from 2001 to 2004, immediately sought to quiet those suggestions, telling Delta's pilots union chairman the morning his appointment was announced that he believed in Delta's standalone plan and that "he was not coming in as CEO to facilitate a merger with Northwest."

But eight months later, that's what Anderson is doing, and many analysts believe he didn't have a choice amid plummeting airline market values and soaring fuel prices.

Delta, Northwest airlines to merge | MLive.com

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So my question today is, what assurances is RA making to the current MEC Chairman? What is his hidden agenda?